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Ferdinand Ernst Karl Herberstein

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Cyclo-diatomia, 1716

Ferdinand Ernst Karl count of Herberstein (died 1720) was a German mathematician and a military officer.[1]

Life

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Son of Karl Sigmund, he lived in Bohemia. He wrote several books about mathematics and geometry. Some of the books are signed using the pseudonym of "Amari de Lapide".[2]

Works

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  • Norma et regula statica intersectione circulorum desumta, Praga 1686
  • Mathemata adversu umbratiles Petri Poireti impetus propugnata, Praga, 1709
  • Diatome circulorum seu specimen geometricum, Praga, 1710
  • Erotema politico-philologicum an studium Geometriae rempublicam administranti obstaculo sit an adminiculo?, Praga, 1712
  • Herberstein, Ferdinand Ernst Karl (1716). Cyclo-diatomia (in Latin). Pragae: typis universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio sJesu ad sClementem.
  • (Amari de Lapide) De machinis pro rei tormentariae incremento etc. tractandis
  • (Amari de Lapide) Artis technicae via plana et facilis, Stettino 1736

References

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